Running-gear for wagons



(NorMolael.) H- Q WHEELER.

RUNNING- GBAN FOR WAGONS. No. 265,291. Patented 0013..'3, 1882.

WITNESSNS: A INVNNWTON.

y ATTORNEYS..

NrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE O. WHEELER, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,291, dated October 3, 1882. Application tiled June 28, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE C. WHEELER, of Lebanon, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gears; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fnll,clear, and exact description ot' the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure lis a perspective view ofa wagon ruuning-gear embodyingmyimprovement. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ot' the same through the front bolster, hounds, and axle-tree; and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

rIhis invention relates to the running-gear of vehicles; and it consistsin an improved method ot' and means for connecting the hounds with the holsters and axle-trees without mortising, as will he hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawings, A and B represent the front and rear axles, and O D represent the front and rear holsters, respectively.

E is the reach; F F,the rear hounds; G G, the front hounds, H, the connecting-bar of the latter, which slides under the reach and I,the tongue.

J is a circular plate or washer, (shown clearly in Fig. 3,) and provided on its upper and lower sides with anges K, concentric with but at some distance from its rim or edge,and having also a central perforation, L. At the junction ot' the hounds with the holsters and axle-trees the parts are not mortised together,as is usually done, thereby weakening the parts, but one of the plates or washers J is interposed at each joint, and the adjoining parts-hound and axle-tree or hound and bolster, as the case may lie-provided with circular grooves M to receive the han ges K. A bolt, N, is then passed through the bolster, hound, axle-tree, and the interposed plates or washers J, thus completing the joint. To make the same perfectl y tight and water-proof, a mixture of white or red lead and oil may be used.

O O are washers consistingof metallictubes P, containing wooden plugs Q. Upon the bolts N, which connect the holsters with the axle- .trees adjoining the reach,linterpose these washers for the purpose of keeping the parts sufficiently spread, and also in order to protect the bolts.

My improved plates or washers J may be advantageously used for connecting all kinds of timbers where it is desired not to weaken the saine by mortises, the flanges K serving to give very great strength to such joints.

l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The plate J, provided ou its upper and lower sides with flanges K at some distance,

from the edge, as set forth.

2. In a vehicle running-gear, the combination, with the axle-trees, hounds, and holsters, having grooves M, of the plates J, having ljanges K, and the connecting-bolts, as set forth.

3. In vehicle running-gear, the combination, with the axle-trees, hounds, and holsters, having grooves M, of the plates J, having anges K, the tubular washers P, having plugs Q, and the bolts N, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HORACE G. WHEELER.

\Vitnesses:

CHAs. L. WHEELER, CLINTON COPELAND. 

